Social and political amplification of technological hazards: The case of the PEPCON explosion

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 15-25

  Ibitayo, Olurominiyi O ^a   Mushkatel, Alvin ^b   Pijawka, K David ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b 7001 E Williams Fld Rd B ^*  (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focusing event; Industrial explosion; PEPCON; Risk amplification; Technological hazards

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATION; LATENT ISSUES; TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GALVANIZING; HAZARDS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EXPLOSIONS;

EXPLOSION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; LAND USE PLANNING;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; GOVERNMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAND USE; POLICY; POLITICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DISCLOSURE; EXPLOSIONS; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; NEVADA; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

NEXUS;

EID: 7044274751     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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